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How do you say "Why are you here?" in Russian?
Почему ты здесь?
Počemu ty zdesʹ?
In Russian, "Why are you here?" is Почему ты здесь?.
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Pronunciation
puh-CHEH-muh ty ZDES'. Stress on pochemu and zdes'.
Writing and usage
Почему has six letters with Ч as one character. Здесь has six letters.
Example sentence
Почему ты здесь один?
Why are you here alone?
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How to remember Почему ты здесь?
Pochemu (why) ty (you) zdes' (here). Why you here?
Related words
- How old are you? Сколько тебе лет? Skolʹko tebe let?
- What can't you do? Что ты не умеешь делать? Čto ty ne umeešʹ delatʹ?
- What do you like? Что тебе нравится? Čto tebe nravitsja?
- What don't you want? Что ты не хочешь? Čto ty ne hočešʹ?
- What is the temperature on Monday? Какая температура в понедельник? Kakaja temperatura v ponedelʹnik?
- What is the temperature on Tuesday? Какая температура во вторник? Kakaja temperatura vo vtornik?
- What is the weather on Friday? Какая погода в пятницу? Kakaja pogoda v pjatnicu?
- What is the weather on Wednesday? Какая погода в среду? Kakaja pogoda v sredu?
- When is your birthday? Когда твой день рождения? Kogda tvoj denʹ roždenija?
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Questions about Почему ты здесь?
How do you say "Why are you here?" in Russian?
In Russian, "Why are you here?" is Почему ты здесь?. It is a noun.
How is Почему ты здесь? written in Russian?
Почему has six letters with Ч as one character. Здесь has six letters.
How is Почему ты здесь? used in a sentence?
Use Почему ты здесь? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Почему ты здесь один? (Why are you here alone?).
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"Why are you here?" in other languages
- Japanese なぜここにいるのですか？ (naze koko ni iru no desu ka ？)
- Korean 왜 여기에 있어요? (wae yeogie isseoyo?)
- Chinese 你为什么在这里? (nǐ wèi shén me zài zhè li ?)
- Spanish ¿Por qué estás aquí?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Por qué estás aquí?
- French Pourquoi es-tu ici ?
- German Warum bist du hier?
- Italian Perché sei qui?
- Greek Γιατί είσαι εδώ; (yati ise edho)
- Arabic أنت هنا ليه؟ (inta hina lih?)
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